Toronto Purchase - 1805 Indenture

1805 Indenture

An Indenture (a revision) of the deal was made on August 1, 1805. Both the 1787 Purchase and its 1805 Indenture were registered as Crown Treaty No. 13.

The land sold consists of:

  • former city of Etobicoke
  • former city of North York
  • former city of Toronto
  • former city of York
  • former city of East York
  • City of Vaughan
  • King Township
  • western end of Markham (or Thornill)
  • western end of Whitchurch

For this revision, the Mississaugas were given the amount of ten shillings.

The Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation also claimed the Toronto Islands, which was not part of the purchase as the agreement only went to the Lake Ontario shoreline.

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